Automobile-wheel.



J. LAUS, JR. AUTOMOBILE WHEEL. APPLIOATION FILED MARJI, 1908.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

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J. LAUS, JR.l AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MARJI, 198.

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' amount CIK JOSEPH LAUS, JR., F OSHKOSH, WSCONSIN.

AUTOMOBILE-WHEEL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 29, ieee.

. Application filed March 11, 1908. 'l Serial No. 420,308.

To all whom it may concern.;

Be it known that I, Josisrii LAUs, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Oshkosh, .inV the county of Winnebago and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Automobile-Wheel; and I dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and. of the invention,such asl exact. description will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention about to be set forth and claimed pertains to a new anduseful vehicle wheely having a cushioned hub and particularly adaptedfor use upon automobiles.

The invention in its broadest scope aims for its primary and essentialobject to pro i vide a wheel having its hub portion provided with aninterior spool shaped hub member, fixed adjacent to and immovable 'u onthe axle of an automobile, an interior shell or casinginimovably-positioned adjacent to the hub member and an interior annularcushion interposed-between the shell or casing and said hub member andiniiated preferably through the spindle or 4stub of the axle, but, if itis desired, the inflation of the cushion may be accomplished, as shownin a inodiiied forir'i of the invention. The hub member, shell or casingand cushion are inclosed by an exterior casing or shell, as clearlyshown in the drawings.

'.lhis invention coin rises further objects and combinations of e ementswhich will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed`vout by the appended claims. l

. The features, elements and the arrangement thereof, which constitutethe'above entitled invention, may be changed and varied, that is to say,in an actual reduction to practice, with the understanding th at thechanges andvariations accruing from said reduction to practice arelimited to the scope of the appended claims.

To obtain a full and correct understanding of the details of onstructiomcombinations of-features, elements and advantages, reference is to behad to the hereinafter s et forth description and the accom anyiiggdrawings in connection therewith, W erein Figure 1 is aside elevation ofa complete,

automobile wheel, showing in elevation the exterior ofa ie hubv portionthereof, which constitutes the invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional view uponline 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing in section the interior parts of the hubportion of the wheel. F ig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3--3 of" Fig.2. Fig. i is a view of a modified forni of the construction of thehubportion of the wheel, showing the inflation of the interior pneumaticcushion, at complished through the shell or casing inclosing the spoolshaped hub member and said. cushion.

In regard to the drawings wherein similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in the several illustrations, by figures andletters, a designates an axle of an automobile having forked ends l, butonly one forked end being shown, in which is pivoted Aa member c havinga stub or spindle d projecting laterally therefrom, as clearly shown inFig. 2 of the drawings. This stub or spindle d is square in crosssection, as shown iii Fig. 3, and positioned imiiiovably, that is,rotatably immovable, is an interior spool shaped hub member 1, about thecircumference of which a pneumatic cushion or tube 2 is positioned, wiich may be formed in one piece or two, as desired, as shown.

vIn Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the pneumatic cushion or tube is inliated throughthe stub or spindle d of the axle, by means of a tube 3 which isconnected to and extends from said pneumatic cushion, through anaperture 4 of the said spool shaped hub and through the elongated recessor groove 5of the said stub or spindle, as clearly shown; this tube 3extends to and through the outer exterior end of the said stub orspindle, and is provided with the usual ca valve 6. This cap valve formsno part of t e present invention, that is, as far as the constructionthereof is concerned. In-

closing tio pneumatic cushion and spool shaped hub is aA shell or casing7 comprising two members 8 and 9, for the urpose of assembling the sameabout sai cushion and spool shaped hub these twomembers 8 and 9 aresecured together by suitable screws 10, or any other suitable means maybe utilized. nclosing the shell or casing 7, the cushion and said spoolshaped hub is an* exterior shell or casing 11 comprising three members12, 13 and 14, allof which are designed for the express purposeof'asscmblage about the casing 7, cushion and said spool shaped hub.These members v12, 13 and 14 are secured to- Igether by screwsor otherfastening means 15, as clearly shown. A further purpose of 'casings,that is, in the rotary movement of l the wheel and hub, especially whenthe periphery of the vWheel encounters rough surfaces. To prevent inwardmovement of the hub of the wheel an integral flange or collare isprovided upon the stub or spindle d as shown, and to prevent outwarddisplacement thereof a washer or member 19 and'nut 20 are positionedupon the end of said stub or spindle.

In Fig. 4 of the' drawings the interior shell or casing extends throughthe exterior casing uponone side thereof, as at 21, and the infiation ofthe pneumatic cushion is accomplished through the tube 22, which extendsthrough the walls of the said interior shell or casing, as will bereadily seen in Fig. .Lof the drawings. I

From the foregoing, the essential features, elements and the operationof the device, to-

gether with the simplicity thereof, will be clearly ap arent.

The sai interior casing is provided with A inwardly projecting membersor enlargements 23, to engage the pneumatic cushion, so as to hold thecushion and the interior casing in an immovable position.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as newand-useful, by the protection of Letters Patent, isc- In a device as setforth, a hub, an axle stub or spindle therefor, an interior spool shapedhub member positioned rotatably immovable adjacent to and upon said siindle, a pneumatic cushion extending about said hub member, casingstherefor, means to allow the cushion to be inflated through the saidspindle, said casings having bores to allow sufficient movement therefornto relieve tho jar upon a vehicle, said interior casing having inwardlyprojecting portions to engage said cushion to hold the cushion andinterior casingr against a lateral or rotarv movement.

In testimony whereof I ave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JosEPI-I LAUs, JR. /Vitlfsses:

J. A. Voss,

II. M. I oHNsoN.

